Bike porn

"That's a bold statement, don't you remember page 1303?"

That would be before my time, and admittedly I have failed to read back the entire thread.

I confess >>>

it's dan chabanovs bike and the murphy brothers art

ftfy

It's fun, I like it more than most carbon frames, but it isn't art. It's decoration.

It just looks grubby.

Most 12-year-olds' efforts at scribbling on their school backpacks are better than that.

Don't like it at all. As Regal says, looks like a kid has been let loose with a sharpie

~I'm 99% sure he did it for himself rather than to appease internet bike critics.

So he took some pics and posted them online?

Stand in the corner please.

Look the other way.

~I'm 99% sure he did it for himself rather than to appease internet bike critics.

I'm 99% sure I'm allowed to have an opinion on it. And why didn't he do the fork as well? Odd

I like the Braaaaaap, sounds fast.

why didn't he do the fork as well? Odd

I presume he (rightly) didn't feel comfortable sanding back a carbon fork. His Sharpie wouldn't have shown up on it anyway. Though he might have got the Tipp-Ex pen out for that.

I'm sure people are criticising the fact that the bike appears on the p0rn thread, and not necessarily the owner's choice in what he's done with it. It looks almost knowingly (ironically) anti-porn in its intent, and why not. Also, who makes those wheels, etc...

This may be totally inappropriate (I didn't know whether to post this here, or in anti-porn, or in HHSB, or somewhere else). I was in Paris attending a photography festival and one of the artists was a photographer from Panama called Jose Castrellon who made

*a series of portraits of Panamanian men who "display tons of creative ingenuity and dedicate a good amount of their meagre resources to decorate and equip their humble bicycles, an integral part of their own identity". *

I figure that some of you could relate to that ethos, if not the aesthetic. If you replace NJS frames and NOS Italian cranksets for, well, fork-mounted air horns and rocket launchers, how different are these guys really? Personally, I find some of the bikes amazing and a very interesting contrast to the traditional Latin American "macho" posturing.

The complete series can be seen here.

Ha, incredible. A+ post hinius.

Amazing and interesting, absolutely... but not porn.

slave, but not porn :)

I like the Braaaaaap, sounds fast.

that is exactly what I was going to write on the expansion chambers on my old 2 stroke mc.
it's not a bike sound though.

In this case the "brraap" thing is a schoolboy attempt at sounding "gangsta".

Airhorns on bikes forever remember me of this.

RE **"Priti baiks" **cool new cycling culture :)

Hmmmm. Almost as bad as an early Nag MTB.

Might take Panama selfie.

I thought it was pretty rad - don't normally like Sevens much.

Agree, first one I've seen that I liked.

About the Seven-

It's alright. I'd put it in Functional bikes, not porn, not anti.

If it was in a concours competition it would lose points on the front inner tube valve not being straight and the front brake pads being out a fraction.

If we're being picky (and why not), the rims are probably a bit narrow for the tyres, and a less-than-ideal shape for mud-shedding. A black headset would also be nice.